The 2015 Eagles of Excellence Award
goes to...
Ed
Wallace was
raised in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio and attended Cleveland State University where he
received a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. Upon graduating Ed went to
work with a Cleveland based construction company. His first assignment was as a
field engineer on a major project in San Juan, Puerto Rico where he spent two
years. After moving to California in the early 70’s he went to work for Parsons
Engineering and Construction in Pasadena where he spent his first 17 years
managing major projects on the North Slope of Alaska. He was transferred to
Houston in the mid 90’sand put in charge of engineering and procurement for a
large refinery in Venezuela. Upon completion of this effort he moved to
Venezuela to oversee Venezuelan contractors that were supplying materials and fabricated
items to the refinery construction effort.
When Ed retired in 2002, he and Jeanne moved to their home
in Big Bear Lake. They have six children and eleven grandchildren spread
between California, Oregon and Arizona. Ed has been on the board of the Sierra
Club -Big Bear Group for twelve years, half of that time as group chair. He
also serves on the board of the Big Bear Valley Trails Foundation, the Friends
of Big Bear Valley and the Big Bear Valley Education Trust. For Ed Trust, Ed is
the land use manager for the Big Bear Valley Wildland Park and Pebble Plain
Preserve. Ed enjoys working as a volunteer ranger patrolling the San Gorgonio
Wilderness for the San Gorgonio Wilderness Association. His hobbies are
photography, hiking and backpacking along with messing with my grandkids.